Only Elliott Smith could cover a Lennon song - make it sound completely his own yet 100% as good as the original. What a loss for music, but so thankful he was here in the first place. RIP Sweet Elliott.
I agree that it’s better than the original. I love The Beatles but and though I still respected Lennon’s writings I didn’t much care for them while he would sing them. I liked some Paul McCartney and Wings cause my dad was so into it. I rlly liked George Harrison’s solo stuff tho. Funny how he was perceived as the weakest link out of the 3 main writers in The Beatles yet IMO had the best solo stuff. Elliott Smith could sing anything and make it great, though. I wish he would’ve done more country covers though.
Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music do better and a little less maudlin. I like some of Elliot's music and this might be better than John's version. Elliotts best song by far is A Fond Farwell.
Utterly beautiful. Very pure, incredibly emotional, makes you feel exactly that he sang every word from his heart. John Lennon would have been very proud if he had heard it. RIP Elliott Smith
20 years I've been listening to Elliott; I love music, its now my drug of choice, but I can't stop listening to Elliott. No one moves me like he does. Love you brother.
The late nineties was a great time to be alive, so much great music, Elliott was still alive and the world was optimistic about what the new millennium would bring.
Cell phones. They aren’t a bad creation (‘cept the propaganda sucks if you fall for it on social medias) but folks need limit their time on it like anything else in life. Hell, just since the last time I started listening to Elliott Smith again I’ve found about 2-3 records worth of his music that I hadn’t previously heard. “True Love” is literally one of my favorites now. (ES had always been my fav but I have to take a break every once in awhile) Anyways, the state of American is pretty brutal as well. So damn divided. We’re losing our identity as a nation. Folks are letting religious beliefs into law as well as, on the other side, folks are trying to silence art I.E. Chappelle.
I write for a living, have a degree in English and another in Philosophy...I can always find the right thing to say. But for this, for how I feel hearing him sing this song, there are no words. ah, Elliott...you are so very missed...
I’m a gas station worker, have PhD’s in chemistry, podiatry and 80s French Lesbian literature, I’m at a loss for words as well with this performance, tickles my heart strings if you will.
@@ghostriderinthesky6685 I've got nothing, nothing but debt. I lost my kids in court because my ex is a feminist and believe all women. But when I hear this I'm speechless!
I love this. I don't know why, but this just gets to my soul. It's truly remarkable, what Lennon has made. In contrast, however, this is just poetry in its purest, feelings at their most raw. More than that, it's miraculous. With this, I hope to change and be better. This is my theme and my sorrow put into tune. Thank you, Elliot, from a stranger on the internet.
Speaking as a recovering heroin addict myself, I know about officials' disinterest in "junkies" all too well. Elliott was a very troubled individual and, like many recovering addicts, the initial months of no longer using - i.e the first few months of NOT having drugs deadening his emotions - were always going to be difficult for someone with such suicidal ideation anyway. As such, in the most empathetic way possible, Occam's Razor still dictates his own hand in his death.
This song brought me to tears His soulfulness in vocals The beauty in the guitar He did so much more then Lennon did with this song Elliott I love you so much you will be forever missed
maybe the only time i've heard someone say that about a musician where i think it's actually true. like when people say the same thing about kurt and dave it's kinda like.. nah man. but in this case, yeah, i'm with ya.
abitnyc - Right on man. John Lennon might have conceded like Dylan did to Hendrix. This might be the definitive version for me. I think its so good because if you had never heard the original, this could definitely pass for an Elliot Smith song 100%. Infact it is remarkable how well he adopted this song.
I heard this song for the first time 20 years ago and was so moved by how vulnerable he sounded. As far as I am concerned, this is such a true version of this song. He actualized it.
My parents were musicians and named me after John Lennon in 1978. The day my dad started his business he was driving home and heard that John Lennon was murdered on the radio. I remember the first time he heard me playing my guitar to an Elliot Smith song because he stopped dead in his tracks and looked at me like who in the hell is that.
them i've pieced together a little bit of who he was, and it's been nothing but beautiful. he's been there in those moments when not a single other soul on this earth (at least not one i've met) could understand what it was that i was feeling, and he's showed me parts of myself i never before would have understood. he was, imo, music's biggest loss, and really, humanity's too. he was a beautiful, loving, compassionate, gentle, hilarious, genius of a man, and though i never got to meet him, my
This man of a most beautiful and delicate heart has helped me crawl out of the most depressing time in my life. Mr Elliott Smith>?? I absolutely long to meet you on the other side my friend. I understand sir.
I was dreaming of the past And my heart was beating fast I began to lose control I began to lose control I didn't mean to hurt you I'm sorry that I made you cry Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you I'm just a jealous guy I was feeling insecure You might not love me anymore I was shivering inside I was shivering inside I didn't mean to hurt you I'm sorry that I made you cry Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you I'm just a jealous guy I didn't mean to hurt you I'm sorry that I made you cry Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you I'm just a jealous guy I was trying to catch your eyes Thought that you was trying to hide I was swallowing my pain I was swallowing my pain I didn't mean to hurt you I'm sorry that I made you cry Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you I'm just a jealous guy, watch out I'm just a jealous guy, look out babe I'm just a jealous guy
precisely my thoughts. i hang on to the hopes for an afterlife just thinking that maybe some way i'll get to hear him play for real (see you in heaven) as much as i get bummed out about him being taken from us so soon, it's selfish for me to be anything other than thankful. i mean, there are hundreds of incredible recordings that he left behind that give me more comfort than all the rest of the art on this earth, all by themselves. there are photos, interviews, stories, video clips and through
Having seen roxy music and aslan butcher this song i am so happy to see somebody actually capture the essence of this touching song. Id expect no less from elliott smith. RIP
I can't help but cry whenever Elliott sings something you know he's really into because he just unknowingly conveys his emotions onto you. It's so beautiful.
oh man out of nowhere this cover made me cry for elliott..i remember the shock of when it happened. :( i am just glad his beautiful voice and music lives on
I know you are being Lennon's McCartney somewhere the in the Great Unknown ....Heaven....Nirvana....etc. Wherever it may be, I know you guys are kickin' out some beautiful harmonies....oh HOLY SHITE!!! Harrison is sittin' in now!!! R.I.P. Elliott 10-21-2003
like many people think. Elliott had been sober for 6 months prior to his death and they found no drugs in his system except prescribed an anti-depressant and ritalin. The coroners report stated the knife wounds were consistent with homicide and as alaska said not-typical of suicide. Chiba also happened to of been taking a shower when she ran out of the bathroom, and pulled the knife out of his chest...which really, is a big coincidence.
What a gorgeous, gorgeous cover - but then again, could one expect anything less from Elliott? *shakes head* Sheer perfection. Sigh...RIP Elliott and John - you are both missed.
Nobody paid off the lapd! I have been in touch with the detective and we have a great relationship. He wants justice for Elliott too. The case has been worked on since he died and continues to be worked on, so no they have not abandoned him. Don't believe everything you read on the internet, social media etc. This comes directly from the source. The detective! We talk once a freaking week! Hope is still there do not be discouraged.
Please keep working on it - Elliott is far too important to be forgotten. If as you say you have an "in' to the investigation please try to find an answer, So many people care about him. If Jennifer is guilty she deserves to be arrested; and if not she deserves to be exonerated.
life is infinitely better having had him in it. and i do agree with you that it very well coulda been chibs. i've just read so much of what elliott said, and i myself have a seemingly near identical view on suicide as he, and i just really don't think he was ready to go yet, especially not with 'from a basement' unfinished, and especially having gotten himself a year clean of everything but yeah, what i was meaning to say is, only jennifer knows the truth and she'll take it to the grave w/ her
Hey, great video Catfish. Did you get the footage from the Strange Parallel Documentary?. I am really glad to see parts where he is having fun. I wish every fucking day he was still alive.
elliott stabbed himself twice through the chest (rupturing his heart) or so the coroner's report says. we werent in the apartment and thus we'll never really know the truth it doesn't matter though, he was a beautiful soul that lived his life, happy & sad alike, and the music he has shared with us makes it a sacrament to bother dwelling upon such unhappy and irreversible matters. just listen; he's immortal
It does really matter though. I "wasn't in the apartment" when any murders happened, but it doesn't mean they never happened, or that "thus we'll never really know the truth". What a load of bullshit.
that's what i'm saying it could have been him it coulda been chiba we'll never know just going off his last interviews and all his words, and the remarks of those that'd been around him i don't think he did it; i really don't regardless, he's gone, and there's no use focusing on such matters now. nothing left to do but revel in the music
There's an early demo version of this song floating around (By John Lennon) and the main line was "I'm a child of nature". The newer Jealous Guy lyrics are so much better!
He did it himself - if he hadn't, there was only one possible suspect and she would have been brought to trial after all this time. It's very sad and he was very talented but he was a depressed individual with serious, serious problems that unfortunately he could not make it hrough.
Have you read the police reports yourself? Don't assume some cliche, go, actually read it. It's obvious that it was a homicide. Every aspect of his death was atypical of suicide. Also, I suggest you to read Alyson Camus' articles about this. She even has an interview with the coroner.
Just get AdBlock: chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom - Apparently I am as I write having 163 ads blocked on this very page!!! That is kina scary! - But Yes I do agree with what you are saying; it is very very disrespectful.
Legal system is fucked and she jumped bail twice never made a court date and now I get informed without my knowledge despite my constant calls for court date. It was reduced from pre-meditated murder to domestic violence and a $2,000 fine
